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New Plymouth woman swaps hospo for hootchies and hot spots

14 July, 2021

New Plymouth-born Kelsey May has traded in the heat of hospitality for the world of juggling logistics as she embarks on a new career in the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Variety with ‘the team’ attracts former Cricketer to Navy

14 July, 2021

In 2018, when veteran Otago wicketkeeper Derek de Boorder told media he needed to think about life after cricket, he had set up a move to Wellington to work in finance. But by the second half of 2019 he was starting officer training with the Royal New Zealand Navy.

Prime Minister breaks ground on new Army high-tech maintenance facility

13 July, 2021

A new $47-million high-tech maintenance facility project at Linton Military Camp has gotten underway with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern breaking the first ground in appropriate style using a military earth excavator.

Swapping the Bomb Squad for an RNZAF Squadron

13 July, 2021

After 12 years in the New Zealand Army Leighton Joll is switching roles from jumping out of the back of aircraft to sitting up front and piloting them.

RNZAF carries out medevac from Antarctica

12 July, 2021

Aircrew on a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules have carried out a medical evacuation of a patient from McMurdo Station in Antarctica.

Perseverance pays off as Tauranga man achieves RNZAF dream

12 July, 2021

Perseverance has paid off for Tauranga local Luke Oxford who is fulfilling a lifelong dream to fly in the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Remembering Len

12 July, 2021

20 years after the inaugural shoot, The Leonard Manning Memorial Trophy – for Top Pistol Shot was competed for once again at Aylesbury Range, Burnham Military Camp.

Kiwis take over the P-8A

9 July, 2021

At the United States Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida the engines of a P-8A Poseidon roared, sending the aircraft hurtling down the runway. On board were the very first New Zealand crew to take a P-8A on a tactical flight.

Hercules way finder flying in the family footsteps

5 July, 2021

Flying Officer Carter Bland is following in his family’s flying footprints as he starts his career as a navigator with the RNZAF’s No. 40 Squadron.